Deebo Samuel practiced on a limited basis Wednesday for the first time since a hamstring injury cost him the past three games, as the San Francisco 49ers opened preparations for Sunday’s game at the Dallas Cowboys, NBC Sports Bay Area reported.
Coach Kyle Shanahan’s preliminary practice report also listed defensive tackle C.J. West as limited after the team opened his injured-reserve practice window this week. West played the first two games of the season before going on IR with a knee injury. Wide receiver Mike Evans (Achilles) and starting cornerbacks Renardo Green (back) and Deommodore Lenoir (foot) did not practice. 49ers Webzone reported that Shanahan called Evans week-to-week and, asked for an update on the two starting corners, said, “No. Just can’t go today.” NBC Sports, citing Shanahan, described Green and Lenoir as day to day. Green hurt his back while intercepting a pass in the end zone during Sunday’s 38-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders; Lenoir injured his foot late in that game, NBC Sports reported.
NBC Sports said Evans has missed the past two games after aggravating Achilles tendinitis on Oct. 19 against the Washington Commanders. Other limited players on Wednesday’s report were safety Siran Neal (knee, foot) and defensive back Upton Stout. NBC Sports listed Stout’s issue as a shoulder injury; Webzone listed shoulder and neck. Webzone also said cornerback Nate Hobbs, who is on injured reserve with a groin injury, was expected to be a full participant, and that Wednesday would be the first practice for newly acquired wide receiver Keenan Allen, whom the 49ers obtained from Indianapolis on Tuesday for a 2027 sixth-round pick.
NBC Sports reported that the 49ers also re-signed veteran cornerback Jack Jones to the practice squad on Wednesday. Jones played the first seven games of the season and was released after the 29-20 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 25. The team has already added defensive tackle DeForest Buckner in a trade with Indianapolis two weeks ago, NBC Sports noted, as it tries to fill the same positions now getting injured players back.
The 49ers have two more practices in Santa Clara before traveling, Webzone reported, at 12:30 p.m. PT Thursday and 12:35 p.m. Friday. Samuel’s return to the practice field is the first sign he could be available in Dallas, but Shanahan did not rule him in or out on Wednesday, and Evans and both starting cornerbacks remain questions heading into the week.